Saturday Matinee: The Wild West Extravaganza

On today's Saturday Matinee, we are told the legendary tale of escaped slave-turned-lawman Bass Reeves. With over 3,000 arrests and over a dozen kills to his name, Reeves was not only one of the most effective lawmen of the Old West but also one of the most deadly.

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